In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows you're strong enough to care. -Victoria Pratt
Do you ever try to convince the world that you have it all together? Maybe you feel stressed out and frazzled but you answer the phone as if you are having the best day. Or you smile and tell your friends everything is great. We all want to appear like we have it all together, but the truth is, some of our most influential moments come when we are willing to step out from behind the mask. When we are willing to show others who we really are, and admit our struggles and failures, we have a greater chance of having a deeper relationship with people. We open ourselves to real, life-changing conversation and help others feel comfortable talking about their struggles, too! It can be hard to make ourselves vulnerable but when there are people in our lives we care about, it’s important to be humble and honest with them. When we do, we give others permission to be vulnerable, too, and we can shine Christ’s light into their lives in ways we couldn’t when we had our walls of pretend perfection up. Be more transparent and humble in your relationships this week!
"And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God." 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
Journey on!